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What I Rent

Welcome to What I Rent, Metro's weekly series where we take you inside someone’s rented home. We look at what they pay each month, who they live with, and what they love and hate about their house or flat.

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Pedro and Fiona on the living room sofa inside their flat in East London.

What I Rent: We pay £3,700 a month for our two-bedroom London flat

Channel: Property Property March 15, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Joanne Baudin in her studio flat at Folk at Florence Dock in Battersea, south London.

What I Rent: We pay £2,060 for our Battersea studio flat — and yoga classes are included

Channel: Property Property February 8, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
'What I Rent' Maddie Borge in her one bedroom home in central London ?? photograph by David Sandison www.dsandison.com +44 7710 576 445

What I Rent: At 24 years old, I live in a £2,450pcm London flat in Zone 1

Channel: Property Property January 18, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
**METRO** What I Rent Patrick Magner at his one-bedroom flat Cortland in Birmingham .

What I Rent: I pay £1,275 for a one-bedroom flat in Birmingham and my friends are jealous

Channel: Property Property December 28, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own - Arooj Aftab, Harrison Building, Coppermaker Square, Stratford. Pictured: Arooj in the bedroom. Shot on 27th November 2024. (C) Belinda Jiao 07598931257 www.belindajiao.com jiao.bilin@gmail.com

What I Rent: I pay £1,780 for my share of a Stratford two-bed and coffee is included

Channel: Property Property December 12, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own - Adam Howie of 404 Pioneer House, 3 New Acres Road, London SW18 1UZ Pictured: Adam on his sofa in the living room Shot on 8th November 2024. (C) Belinda Jiao 07598931257 www.belindajiao.com jiao.bilin@gmail.com

What I Rent: I pay £2,400 per month for my compact Battersea one-bed — now I'm upsizing

Channel: Property Property November 16, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Rent Tottenham - Estee Lalonde

What I Rent: I'm a YouTube star paying £3,000 per month for my Tottenham 2-bed

Channel: Property Property November 11, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
10/10/2024 What I Own: Folk Florence Dock SW11 Photo: Joel Ford

What I Rent: I pay £1,895 for my one-bedroom Battersea flat, but I don't have my own oven

Channel: Property Property October 19, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own - Makeup Artist Tia, Acton. Pictured: Tia on her sofa in the living room. Image shot on 8th Sept 2024. ?? Belinda Jiao jiao.bilin@gmail.com 07598931257 https://www.belindajiao.com/about

I pay £1,250 for my London flat but a little-known scheme means I'll buy it in three years

Channel: Property Property September 21, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
06/09/2024 What I Own: Daisy Dewey and her partner Harry???s house boat in Hammersmith. Photo: Joel Ford

What I Rent: We swapped our Philadelphia townhome for a £1,750-a-month London houseboat

Channel: Property Property September 14, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce

The best of What I Rent and What I Own: Hall of fame homes from Metro's property series

Channel: Property Property September 12, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
Camilla on the sofa in her £1,800pcm Wiltshire flat, hugging her two dogs

What I Rent: I swapped London for my £1,800 a month Wiltshire home and found inner peace

Channel: Property Property August 29, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own Pictured are Sandro, his partner Joshua and their dogs Pablo (small black dog) and Treacle.

What I Rent: As a Bake Off finalist, my £2,800 a month flat has more ovens than bedrooms

Channel: Property Property August 10, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
'What I Rent' Maddie Borge in her one bedroom home in central London ?? photograph by David Sandison www.dsandison.com +44 7710 576 445

What I Rent: At 23 years old, I live in a £2,450pcm London flat in Zone 1

Channel: Property Property January 18, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own.. What I rent.. Leila Davis in her home in South London with her dog Bammy and her Budgie Quincy... ?? photograph by David Sandison www.dsandison.com +44 7710 576 445

What I Rent: I turned my compact £1,150pcm London flat into a colourful dopamine dream

Channel: Property Property June 15, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce

What I Rent: 'I pay £1,925 for a one bed flat but it revived my social life after divorce'

Channel: Property Property May 18, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
18/03/24. Metro Property : What I Rent Picture shows Niamh Finn (blonde) & Abbie Morris (brunette) photographed at their shared flat in Harlesden, North-West London for the "What I Rent" section. Credit : Daniel Lynch 07941 594 556 www.lynchpix.co.uk

What I Rent: Co-workers Abbie and Niamh's £1,550-a-month Harlesden two-bed

Channel: Property Property March 23, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
( for Metro What i rent ) Michele Theil ,25 who rents in Ware Hertfordshire.

I escaped London for a £1,225 per month Hertfordshire flat

Channel: Property Property March 16, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
06.03.24 Metro - What I Own. Nicola Rodriguez - Ongar, Essex. Picture shows Nicola Rodriguez in her dining room. PHOTOGRAPH BY DANIEL JONES 2024 +44 (0)7815 853503 info@danieljonesphotography.co.uk www.danieljonesphotography.co.uk

I've refurbished my £1,400 per month Essex rental and my landlady is delighted

Channel: Property Property March 12, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce

I downsized from a five-bedroom home to a studio apartment for £1,715 per month

Channel: Property Property March 4, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce